backbend | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor | - |
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bend | (noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) | Synonyms: curve |
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(noun) diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left | Synonyms: bend dexter |
(noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bending |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication |
(noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: crook, turn, twist |
bendability | (noun) the property of being easily bent without breaking | Synonyms: pliability |
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bender | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: booze-up, carousal, carouse, toot |
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(noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | Synonyms: breaking ball, curve, curve ball |
(noun) a tool for bending | - |
bending | (noun) the act of bending something | - |
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(noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion |
(noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bend |
bends | (noun) pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | Synonyms: aeroembolism, air embolism, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism |
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hellbender | (noun) large salamander of North American rivers and streams | Synonyms: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, mud puppy |
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mebendazole | (noun) an anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations | - |
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prebend | (noun) the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon | - |
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prebendary | (noun) a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church | - |
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thiabendazole | (noun) an antifungal agent and anthelmintic | - |
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